Caladenia formosa

Caladenia formosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Diurideae
Subtribus: Caladeniinae
Genus: Caladenia
Species: Caladenia formosa

Name

Caladenia formosa G.W.Carr, Indig. Fl. Fauna Assoc. Misc. Pap. 1: 4 (1991)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Arachnorchis formosa (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Orchadian 13: 394 (2001)
• Heterotypic
  • Caladenia haemantha D.L.Jones, Austral. Orchid Res. 2: 26 (1991)
  • Calonema haemanthum (D.L.Jones) Szlach., Polish Bot. J. 46: 18 (2001)
  • Calonemorchis haemantha (D.L.Jones) Szlach., Polish Bot. J. 46: 140 (2001)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia South Australia, Victoria. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Carr, G.W. 1991. Indig. Fl. Fauna Assoc. Misc. Pap 1: 4.

Additional references

• Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. 2004. Robert Brown's Caladenia revisited, including a revision of its sister genera Cyanicula, Ericksonella and Pheladenia (Caladeniinae: Orchidaceae), Australian Systematic Botany 17(2): 171 - 240. DOI: 10.1071/SB03002 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Caladenia formosa. Accessed: 2021 Jul 25.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Caladenia formosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 25. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Caladenia formosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Caladenia formosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Caladenia formosa. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jul 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Caladenia formosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jul 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Large crimson spider orchid

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